Year 5: Blackout poetry

Inspired by the story of Ernest Shackleton, Year 5 have produced these striking ‘blackout poems.’ They read pages of a book called ‘Survivors’ and then selected key words and phrases to use in their poems. I was particularly impressed by how individual everyone’s work was!

Year 5 : Trip to a Sikh Gurdwara

We had a great trip this morning to the Ramgarhia Temple in Woolwich. Although we have only been learning about his religion for a few weeks, Year 5 listened very carefully during the visit and asked some excellent questions. They were particularly interested in the holy book and loved learning about how it has its […]

Year 5 : Lava lamps in Science

As part of their ‘Materials’ topic, Year 5 were tasked with making lava lamps this afternoon. The children made very careful observations and worked hard to include their new scientific vocabulary including: density, dissolve and viscous. Well done Year 5!

Into the Weddell Sea

Year 5 have been writing ship’s logs as their characters.

Decimal Creatures

For their investigation this week, Year 5 were given this challenge: The children tackled the problem with great enthusiasm and were incredibly creative too! Check out some of their creations and calculations below:

Geometric Abstract Art in Year 5

This afternoon Year 5 started to learn about geometric abstract art. They thought about the impact of using different shapes in their artwork and over the next few weeks will be designing their own pieces.

MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY!

This morning Year 5 have kick-started their new topic by being assigned a character from Shackleton’s failed attempt to cross Antarctica. Watch this space for drama and writing in role!

Back to school!

The fantastic Sue Fleet will be running a Being A Parent Taster Session on Thursday the 17th of January and more sessions will follow in the year. See below for details.

Coordinate Battleships

Using their knowledge of coordinates in 4 quadrants, Year 5 tried to sink each other’s battleships in Maths this morning.

Year 5 Prologues

Over the last two weeks, Year 5 have been writing prologues to their own stories. They have written up the first paragraph onto beautifully decorated paper with their own watercolour designs.